Jack Straw, They Love Each Other, Me & My Uncle-> Big River, Althea-> Little Red Rooster, Brown Eyed Women, Let It Grow-> China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider
Set 2
Shakedown Street, Lost Sailor-> Saint Of Circumstance-> The Wheel-> Good Time Blues-> Drums-> Spanish Jam-> Truckin'-> Wharf Rat-> Sugar Magnolia, E: U.S. Blues
Notes
Notes:
-- Set 2 is seamless
-- Numerous flaws removed from recording
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction
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JerBearMVY
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August 28, 2024 Subject:
Big River
I like Brent's solo on Big River.
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Jim Powell
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January 30, 2023 Subject:
big rep lived up to
Back in the day Long Beach Arena had a big reputation in the Bay Area as the best place to see the Dead in LA and this show fully lives up to it. Tasty
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tasty all the way. Big kudos for Charlie Miller, too, living up to his rep for producing optimal Dead listening. Take a bow, Charlie!
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Sonny11
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July 27, 2022 Subject:
Average - its relative
So '81 is an above average year, therefore an average show in '81 is above average! Or rather, an average smoking show with plenty of highlights. Re
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the Wheel, yes, nice version but the best jam is really after the Wheel is over and they go into a nice 2nd set jam. it could have come from any Dmaj jam, such as Playin. Nice 1st set ending quadriptych of Brown eyes, Let it grow, china/rider.
Reviewer:
KatfishJohn
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September 17, 2021 Subject:
Sit Back and Enjoy
“Average at best”? I chuckled when I read that. Listen. There’s nothing average about this show. Period. No, it’s a scorcher alright. E.g. Let
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It Grow->China->Rider. Shakedown. And, the ridiculously great Wheel. The intro is sharp, and energetic. Jerry is like shot out of a cannon. And more needs to be said about the post lyrics jam. It’s sparkling. Dare I say a fine example of what it was all about? Yes, in 1981, you could still go see Jerry Garcia play guitar like no one else, ever, on a night when that iteration of the band was firing on all cylinders. If that’s only average well, then, I guess average is pretty damn good. I’ll take it anyway, and consider myself fortunate to have stumbled on this terrific recording of a great show. You should too.
Reviewer:
kbmill
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August 24, 2015 (edited)
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bread crumb
One of only two first set ending Let It Grow > China Cat > Know You Rider The other was also in 1981. It caught my eye because Let It Grow was
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almost always a set ender after the rest of the suite was dropped, and in the 80's, so, quite frequently, was China Cat > Know You Rider. You have the sense Jerry just wasn't ready to go backstage quite yet. Plus, a pre-drums Wheel. If deadlists gave us the ability, I bet we'd find that was an ultra-rare occurence in the '80's. Plus, plus, the first Never Trust a Woman.
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deadheadnedwhite
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August 28, 2014 Subject:
wow ... some people ...
this show ROCKED !!! the eneregy was just CRACKLING off those concrete walls. Brent's blues actually is a favorite version for me of a not-favorite song:
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Jerry sweetens it right up! and LOTS of extended jamming. gotta give it a 4.5 (~);-}
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utapah
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September 5, 2013 Subject:
Love this one
This was one of my 1st bootlegs as a kid and we played it to death I LOVE just about everything that happened here. I think its the BEST Drumz and Space
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that ever was.
Not the best recording, being tinny and somewhat insubstantial. Haven't listened to the second set yet. Now I have. An average show at best, like most
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of August '81. Not a patch on Compton or the Aladdin.
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stratocaster
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June 16, 2013 Subject:
One of 81s best...
One of the best shows of 1981. Shakedown Street and e Wheel are all timers. Very strong first set, highlighted by Let It Grow>China>Rider sequence.
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Second set opens with the . jammed out Shakedown. Wheel is outstanding, perhaps the best version of the 80s. The Brent Mydland "blues" tune is a buzzkill. Extended Spanish jam out of drums. End of show tunes are well played. May not be a 5.0 show, but it is closer to 5 than to 4. Outstanding quality soundboard for 1981.
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Evan S. Hunt
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May 29, 2011 Subject:
Shakedown Never Trust
Really fabulous Jerry squawking on the ol' vibrola. His guitar work jus penetrates ya... Throughly. Amazing heart wrenching Spanish Jam that will place
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you into a catatonic flip. 20 or so stars out of 5. Thanks CM.
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Dylan M
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May 18, 2011 Subject:
Top show of 1981
Thanks for this long needed upgrade. This show is quite a standout in a year of quite hit or sometimes miss shows. Definitely the strongest show of the
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summer tour by far. Standout performances of The Wheel (second set with an extended jam), in fact, probably the best Wheel of the 1980s. First performance of Never Trust a Woman (Good Times Blues) with an extended Jerry, Brent & Rhythm Devils Jam afterward. Found the old patched soundboard years ago on the archive and it has been a favorite listen through ever since. Thanks CM
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